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Are there terms in German for different skull shapes?
Is there an appropriate translation for “learning by doing”?Is there a good translation for “Dark horse”?Terms for “Nicht-Verstehen signalisieren”Is there a german equivalent for 'prepper'?Good German phrase for the situation that there are too few resources, and too many people wanting it?Translation for “There are 20 students in my class”Is there a German equivalent for the concept of “Flâneur”?Different words for announcementIs there a German word for “graffiti”?Is there a German word for “analytics”?
In English, the term "squarehead" used to refer to Germans and Scandiavians (1), due to their supposedly unusual cranial features (2, 3)
Are German speakers cognizant of such cranial types, and if so, do they use terms for the stereotypically British, the stereotypically German (as shown) or other skull shapes?
Sources:
(1) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squarehead
(2) https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squarehead (I realize that urbandictionary is not a great source, but it has the only explanation of the etymology of the slur that I could find)
(3) https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-comparison-of-british-german-skull-shapes-ww1-56691744.html (I do not know if this was an actual propaganda poster during WWI, but this is what they claim)
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In English, the term "squarehead" used to refer to Germans and Scandiavians (1), due to their supposedly unusual cranial features (2, 3)
Are German speakers cognizant of such cranial types, and if so, do they use terms for the stereotypically British, the stereotypically German (as shown) or other skull shapes?
Sources:
(1) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squarehead
(2) https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squarehead (I realize that urbandictionary is not a great source, but it has the only explanation of the etymology of the slur that I could find)
(3) https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-comparison-of-british-german-skull-shapes-ww1-56691744.html (I do not know if this was an actual propaganda poster during WWI, but this is what they claim)
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asked May 3 at 10:06
MaxBMaxB
1867
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Please replace "supposedly" with "purportedly". The contents of the poster is just racist bullshit. Otherwise, your question is valid.
– tofro
May 3 at 10:52
2
@tofro Is there really any difference between "supposedly" and "purportedly"?
– sgf
May 3 at 15:03
2
@tofro "supposedly" is appropriate though: from M-W: "according to what is or was said, claimed, or believed by some". You might be thinking of "supposably", which means "capable of being supposed". Language aside, typical skull shapes do vary by geography. There's nothing racist about it.
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:00
2
@vectory You've misunderstood my statement. I did not write that geography directly CAUSES anything (perhaps indirectly, it does, via adaptation). Only that the typical skull shape varies depending on the location.
– MaxB
2 days ago
1
@vectory en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/geography 1.2 "a geographical area; a region"
– MaxB
2 days ago
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In English, the term "squarehead" used to refer to Germans and Scandiavians (1), due to their supposedly unusual cranial features (2, 3)
Are German speakers cognizant of such cranial types, and if so, do they use terms for the stereotypically British, the stereotypically German (as shown) or other skull shapes?
Sources:
(1) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squarehead
(2) https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squarehead (I realize that urbandictionary is not a great source, but it has the only explanation of the etymology of the slur that I could find)
(3) https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-comparison-of-british-german-skull-shapes-ww1-56691744.html (I do not know if this was an actual propaganda poster during WWI, but this is what they claim)
translation single-word-request phrase-request
asked May 3 at 10:06
MaxBMaxB
1867
In English, the term "squarehead" used to refer to Germans and Scandiavians (1), due to their supposedly unusual cranial features (2, 3)
Are German speakers cognizant of such cranial types, and if so, do they use terms for the stereotypically British, the stereotypically German (as shown) or other skull shapes?
Sources:
(1) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squarehead
(2) https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squarehead (I realize that urbandictionary is not a great source, but it has the only explanation of the etymology of the slur that I could find)
(3) https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-comparison-of-british-german-skull-shapes-ww1-56691744.html (I do not know if this was an actual propaganda poster during WWI, but this is what they claim)
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Please replace "supposedly" with "purportedly". The contents of the poster is just racist bullshit. Otherwise, your question is valid.
– tofro
May 3 at 10:52
2
@tofro Is there really any difference between "supposedly" and "purportedly"?
– sgf
May 3 at 15:03
2
@tofro "supposedly" is appropriate though: from M-W: "according to what is or was said, claimed, or believed by some". You might be thinking of "supposably", which means "capable of being supposed". Language aside, typical skull shapes do vary by geography. There's nothing racist about it.
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:00
2
@vectory You've misunderstood my statement. I did not write that geography directly CAUSES anything (perhaps indirectly, it does, via adaptation). Only that the typical skull shape varies depending on the location.
– MaxB
2 days ago
1
@vectory en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/geography 1.2 "a geographical area; a region"
– MaxB
2 days ago
|
show 3 more comments
9
Please replace "supposedly" with "purportedly". The contents of the poster is just racist bullshit. Otherwise, your question is valid.
– tofro
May 3 at 10:52
2
@tofro Is there really any difference between "supposedly" and "purportedly"?
– sgf
May 3 at 15:03
2
@tofro "supposedly" is appropriate though: from M-W: "according to what is or was said, claimed, or believed by some". You might be thinking of "supposably", which means "capable of being supposed". Language aside, typical skull shapes do vary by geography. There's nothing racist about it.
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:00
2
@vectory You've misunderstood my statement. I did not write that geography directly CAUSES anything (perhaps indirectly, it does, via adaptation). Only that the typical skull shape varies depending on the location.
– MaxB
2 days ago
1
@vectory en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/geography 1.2 "a geographical area; a region"
– MaxB
2 days ago
9
9
Please replace "supposedly" with "purportedly". The contents of the poster is just racist bullshit. Otherwise, your question is valid.
– tofro
May 3 at 10:52
Please replace "supposedly" with "purportedly". The contents of the poster is just racist bullshit. Otherwise, your question is valid.
– tofro
May 3 at 10:52
2
2
@tofro Is there really any difference between "supposedly" and "purportedly"?
– sgf
May 3 at 15:03
@tofro Is there really any difference between "supposedly" and "purportedly"?
– sgf
May 3 at 15:03
2
2
@tofro "supposedly" is appropriate though: from M-W: "according to what is or was said, claimed, or believed by some". You might be thinking of "supposably", which means "capable of being supposed". Language aside, typical skull shapes do vary by geography. There's nothing racist about it.
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:00
@tofro "supposedly" is appropriate though: from M-W: "according to what is or was said, claimed, or believed by some". You might be thinking of "supposably", which means "capable of being supposed". Language aside, typical skull shapes do vary by geography. There's nothing racist about it.
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:00
2
2
@vectory You've misunderstood my statement. I did not write that geography directly CAUSES anything (perhaps indirectly, it does, via adaptation). Only that the typical skull shape varies depending on the location.
– MaxB
2 days ago
@vectory You've misunderstood my statement. I did not write that geography directly CAUSES anything (perhaps indirectly, it does, via adaptation). Only that the typical skull shape varies depending on the location.
– MaxB
2 days ago
1
1
@vectory en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/geography 1.2 "a geographical area; a region"
– MaxB
2 days ago
@vectory en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/geography 1.2 "a geographical area; a region"
– MaxB
2 days ago
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Common terms in popular everyday communication refering to skull shapes are
- Quadratschädel
- Eierkopf
- Flachschädel
As a bonus, here are words used for head in general, without special reference to its shape
- Rübe
- Birne
- Kürbis
- Melle
- Deetz
- Dach (eins aufs Dach kriegen)
- Nuss
- Lampe
(I open this as a community wiki so that others can add terms)
2
Famously, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl was sometimes called Birne: "Birne muß Kanzler bleiben".
– Frank from Frankfurt
2 days ago
@FrankfromFrankfurt Actually he was practically exclusively called Birne (not by his party members, but pretty much by the rest of the republic). This referred both to his skull and body shape.
– Christian Geiselmann
yesterday
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Craniology is junk science, but I understand you are aware of that. There are nevertheless some typical expressions in German used to describe people's temperament by skull or head terms:
Er probiert es einfach nochmal? Ja. Er ist eben ein Dickschädel.
He's just trying it again? Yes. Gee, he's a pig-head.
Die Betonköpfe aus Moskau sagen zu allem "Nein."
The Moscow pig-heads are responding "Nyet!" to anything.
Then, there's the Pattkopp ("Pattkopf"), which is literally a deer which cannot grow antlers (due to some illness or old age). It's used to insult clueless people.
Klapskopf in contrary is someone who got slapped in the face one time to often and indulges into useless activities and foolishness.
But the most used term is probably kopflos, as in
Die Hintermannschaft agierte völlig kopflos.
The defense acted completely clueless.
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
3
Als Niederländer werde ich auch schon mal Käskopf genannt. Und da gibt es noch den Pappkopp. <g>
– Rudy Velthuis
May 3 at 12:52
2
craniology ≠ craniometry
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:09
add a comment |
square has a metaphorical meaning (hip to be square, don't be a square, fair and square, square on point) and might relate here to the rigid rule thinking stereotypically attributed to Germany (or Prussia), e.g. punctuality. Ironicallly Ger. Querkopf means quite the opposite.
quer "diagonal, transverse" has a relation to En. queer. In Querdenker "lateral thinker, alternative thinker, opposition*" has a rather positive connotation, in comparison.
answered 2 days ago
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Common terms in popular everyday communication refering to skull shapes are
- Quadratschädel
- Eierkopf
- Flachschädel
As a bonus, here are words used for head in general, without special reference to its shape
- Rübe
- Birne
- Kürbis
- Melle
- Deetz
- Dach (eins aufs Dach kriegen)
- Nuss
- Lampe
(I open this as a community wiki so that others can add terms)
2
Famously, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl was sometimes called Birne: "Birne muß Kanzler bleiben".
– Frank from Frankfurt
2 days ago
@FrankfromFrankfurt Actually he was practically exclusively called Birne (not by his party members, but pretty much by the rest of the republic). This referred both to his skull and body shape.
– Christian Geiselmann
yesterday
add a comment |
Common terms in popular everyday communication refering to skull shapes are
- Quadratschädel
- Eierkopf
- Flachschädel
As a bonus, here are words used for head in general, without special reference to its shape
- Rübe
- Birne
- Kürbis
- Melle
- Deetz
- Dach (eins aufs Dach kriegen)
- Nuss
- Lampe
(I open this as a community wiki so that others can add terms)
2
Famously, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl was sometimes called Birne: "Birne muß Kanzler bleiben".
– Frank from Frankfurt
2 days ago
@FrankfromFrankfurt Actually he was practically exclusively called Birne (not by his party members, but pretty much by the rest of the republic). This referred both to his skull and body shape.
– Christian Geiselmann
yesterday
add a comment |
Common terms in popular everyday communication refering to skull shapes are
- Quadratschädel
- Eierkopf
- Flachschädel
As a bonus, here are words used for head in general, without special reference to its shape
- Rübe
- Birne
- Kürbis
- Melle
- Deetz
- Dach (eins aufs Dach kriegen)
- Nuss
- Lampe
(I open this as a community wiki so that others can add terms)
Common terms in popular everyday communication refering to skull shapes are
- Quadratschädel
- Eierkopf
- Flachschädel
As a bonus, here are words used for head in general, without special reference to its shape
- Rübe
- Birne
- Kürbis
- Melle
- Deetz
- Dach (eins aufs Dach kriegen)
- Nuss
- Lampe
(I open this as a community wiki so that others can add terms)
edited May 3 at 21:40
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Christian Geiselmann
2
Famously, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl was sometimes called Birne: "Birne muß Kanzler bleiben".
– Frank from Frankfurt
2 days ago
@FrankfromFrankfurt Actually he was practically exclusively called Birne (not by his party members, but pretty much by the rest of the republic). This referred both to his skull and body shape.
– Christian Geiselmann
yesterday
add a comment |
2
Famously, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl was sometimes called Birne: "Birne muß Kanzler bleiben".
– Frank from Frankfurt
2 days ago
@FrankfromFrankfurt Actually he was practically exclusively called Birne (not by his party members, but pretty much by the rest of the republic). This referred both to his skull and body shape.
– Christian Geiselmann
yesterday
2
2
Famously, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl was sometimes called Birne: "Birne muß Kanzler bleiben".
– Frank from Frankfurt
2 days ago
Famously, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl was sometimes called Birne: "Birne muß Kanzler bleiben".
– Frank from Frankfurt
2 days ago
@FrankfromFrankfurt Actually he was practically exclusively called Birne (not by his party members, but pretty much by the rest of the republic). This referred both to his skull and body shape.
– Christian Geiselmann
yesterday
@FrankfromFrankfurt Actually he was practically exclusively called Birne (not by his party members, but pretty much by the rest of the republic). This referred both to his skull and body shape.
– Christian Geiselmann
yesterday
add a comment |
Craniology is junk science, but I understand you are aware of that. There are nevertheless some typical expressions in German used to describe people's temperament by skull or head terms:
Er probiert es einfach nochmal? Ja. Er ist eben ein Dickschädel.
He's just trying it again? Yes. Gee, he's a pig-head.
Die Betonköpfe aus Moskau sagen zu allem "Nein."
The Moscow pig-heads are responding "Nyet!" to anything.
Then, there's the Pattkopp ("Pattkopf"), which is literally a deer which cannot grow antlers (due to some illness or old age). It's used to insult clueless people.
Klapskopf in contrary is someone who got slapped in the face one time to often and indulges into useless activities and foolishness.
But the most used term is probably kopflos, as in
Die Hintermannschaft agierte völlig kopflos.
The defense acted completely clueless.
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
3
Als Niederländer werde ich auch schon mal Käskopf genannt. Und da gibt es noch den Pappkopp. <g>
– Rudy Velthuis
May 3 at 12:52
2
craniology ≠ craniometry
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:09
add a comment |
Craniology is junk science, but I understand you are aware of that. There are nevertheless some typical expressions in German used to describe people's temperament by skull or head terms:
Er probiert es einfach nochmal? Ja. Er ist eben ein Dickschädel.
He's just trying it again? Yes. Gee, he's a pig-head.
Die Betonköpfe aus Moskau sagen zu allem "Nein."
The Moscow pig-heads are responding "Nyet!" to anything.
Then, there's the Pattkopp ("Pattkopf"), which is literally a deer which cannot grow antlers (due to some illness or old age). It's used to insult clueless people.
Klapskopf in contrary is someone who got slapped in the face one time to often and indulges into useless activities and foolishness.
But the most used term is probably kopflos, as in
Die Hintermannschaft agierte völlig kopflos.
The defense acted completely clueless.
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
3
Als Niederländer werde ich auch schon mal Käskopf genannt. Und da gibt es noch den Pappkopp. <g>
– Rudy Velthuis
May 3 at 12:52
2
craniology ≠ craniometry
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:09
add a comment |
Craniology is junk science, but I understand you are aware of that. There are nevertheless some typical expressions in German used to describe people's temperament by skull or head terms:
Er probiert es einfach nochmal? Ja. Er ist eben ein Dickschädel.
He's just trying it again? Yes. Gee, he's a pig-head.
Die Betonköpfe aus Moskau sagen zu allem "Nein."
The Moscow pig-heads are responding "Nyet!" to anything.
Then, there's the Pattkopp ("Pattkopf"), which is literally a deer which cannot grow antlers (due to some illness or old age). It's used to insult clueless people.
Klapskopf in contrary is someone who got slapped in the face one time to often and indulges into useless activities and foolishness.
But the most used term is probably kopflos, as in
Die Hintermannschaft agierte völlig kopflos.
The defense acted completely clueless.
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
Craniology is junk science, but I understand you are aware of that. There are nevertheless some typical expressions in German used to describe people's temperament by skull or head terms:
Er probiert es einfach nochmal? Ja. Er ist eben ein Dickschädel.
He's just trying it again? Yes. Gee, he's a pig-head.
Die Betonköpfe aus Moskau sagen zu allem "Nein."
The Moscow pig-heads are responding "Nyet!" to anything.
Then, there's the Pattkopp ("Pattkopf"), which is literally a deer which cannot grow antlers (due to some illness or old age). It's used to insult clueless people.
Klapskopf in contrary is someone who got slapped in the face one time to often and indulges into useless activities and foolishness.
But the most used term is probably kopflos, as in
Die Hintermannschaft agierte völlig kopflos.
The defense acted completely clueless.
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
answered May 3 at 10:28
JankaJanka
34.4k22966
34.4k22966
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Als Niederländer werde ich auch schon mal Käskopf genannt. Und da gibt es noch den Pappkopp. <g>
– Rudy Velthuis
May 3 at 12:52
2
craniology ≠ craniometry
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:09
add a comment |
3
Als Niederländer werde ich auch schon mal Käskopf genannt. Und da gibt es noch den Pappkopp. <g>
– Rudy Velthuis
May 3 at 12:52
2
craniology ≠ craniometry
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:09
3
3
Als Niederländer werde ich auch schon mal Käskopf genannt. Und da gibt es noch den Pappkopp. <g>
– Rudy Velthuis
May 3 at 12:52
Als Niederländer werde ich auch schon mal Käskopf genannt. Und da gibt es noch den Pappkopp. <g>
– Rudy Velthuis
May 3 at 12:52
2
2
craniology ≠ craniometry
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:09
craniology ≠ craniometry
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:09
add a comment |
square has a metaphorical meaning (hip to be square, don't be a square, fair and square, square on point) and might relate here to the rigid rule thinking stereotypically attributed to Germany (or Prussia), e.g. punctuality. Ironicallly Ger. Querkopf means quite the opposite.
quer "diagonal, transverse" has a relation to En. queer. In Querdenker "lateral thinker, alternative thinker, opposition*" has a rather positive connotation, in comparison.
answered 2 days ago
vectoryvectory
53210
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square has a metaphorical meaning (hip to be square, don't be a square, fair and square, square on point) and might relate here to the rigid rule thinking stereotypically attributed to Germany (or Prussia), e.g. punctuality. Ironicallly Ger. Querkopf means quite the opposite.
quer "diagonal, transverse" has a relation to En. queer. In Querdenker "lateral thinker, alternative thinker, opposition*" has a rather positive connotation, in comparison.
answered 2 days ago
vectoryvectory
53210
add a comment |
square has a metaphorical meaning (hip to be square, don't be a square, fair and square, square on point) and might relate here to the rigid rule thinking stereotypically attributed to Germany (or Prussia), e.g. punctuality. Ironicallly Ger. Querkopf means quite the opposite.
quer "diagonal, transverse" has a relation to En. queer. In Querdenker "lateral thinker, alternative thinker, opposition*" has a rather positive connotation, in comparison.
answered 2 days ago
vectoryvectory
53210
square has a metaphorical meaning (hip to be square, don't be a square, fair and square, square on point) and might relate here to the rigid rule thinking stereotypically attributed to Germany (or Prussia), e.g. punctuality. Ironicallly Ger. Querkopf means quite the opposite.
quer "diagonal, transverse" has a relation to En. queer. In Querdenker "lateral thinker, alternative thinker, opposition*" has a rather positive connotation, in comparison.
answered 2 days ago
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answered 2 days ago
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Please replace "supposedly" with "purportedly". The contents of the poster is just racist bullshit. Otherwise, your question is valid.
– tofro
May 3 at 10:52
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@tofro Is there really any difference between "supposedly" and "purportedly"?
– sgf
May 3 at 15:03
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@tofro "supposedly" is appropriate though: from M-W: "according to what is or was said, claimed, or believed by some". You might be thinking of "supposably", which means "capable of being supposed". Language aside, typical skull shapes do vary by geography. There's nothing racist about it.
– MaxB
May 3 at 16:00
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@vectory You've misunderstood my statement. I did not write that geography directly CAUSES anything (perhaps indirectly, it does, via adaptation). Only that the typical skull shape varies depending on the location.
– MaxB
2 days ago
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@vectory en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/geography 1.2 "a geographical area; a region"
– MaxB
2 days ago